Nirmala Carvalho

Diggers continue to find bodies of pilgrims killed near Marian shrine.

"Pilgrims visiting the Marian shrine at Valinkani also died," says Bishop Ambrose. A man who lost his wife and two sons is still looking for the body of this three-year old daughter.

Archbishop of Pondicherry: "My diocese is devastated, but we must rebuild the mission. Food, drinking water and shelter are needed.

Church demands the documentary film be withdrawn calling it false and narrow-minded. Goa's Hindu fundamentalist influenced state government wants it widely distributed.

Bishop Marandi denounces conspiracy and says appeal will be launched.

The St John the Baptist church, which saw some of the first conversions in India, is going to reopen. Christians had lost ownership of the building which had been turned into an electronics and diamond complex.

Tribals tortured for converting to Christianity

India second in the world for AIDS cases

Mgr Quintana met 160 pilgrims from different parts of India and invited them "to radiate the happiness that comes from being Christian".

Exclusive interview with Brian O'Connor, an Indian Protestant accused of evangelising activities and freed after an international campaign supported by AsiaNews. He says that in "Saudi jails there are many more Brians who need help."

The decennial exposition of the Saint's relics is inaugurated in the Archdiocese of Goa.

A multi-religious country like India is well-placed to spread family values and reverence for life.